Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem happy to maintain the old custom.
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, “Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?” The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eye, and without hesitation said, “Land mines.”
Moral of the story: Behind every man, there’s a smart woman!
QuotaBillsPeace is the only battle worth waging. - Albert Camus
Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace. - John Cowper Powys
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. - A.J. Muste
If you want peace, you must work for justice. - Pope Paul VI
The highest peace is the peace between opposites. - Leonid Brezhnev
For people who like peace and quiet: a phoneless cord. - Unknown
I greet you in the name of peace, democracy, and freedom. - Nelson Mandela
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. - Gerald Jampolsky
Plant the seed of meditation and reap the fruit of peace of mind. - Unknown
The Iranians and Persians are excellent at the art of negotiation. - Donald Trump
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. - Thomas Paine
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. - Dalai Lama
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. - Benjamin Franklin
The ocean, the desert, and the jungle are the last strongholds and resorts of peace. - P C Wren
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. - George Washington
You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook. - Suzanne Fields
The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace. - Aberjhani
'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim. - Feisal Abdul Rauf
Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace. - Albert Schweitzer
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. - Peace Pilgrim
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace. - Isaiah 52:7
I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish. - Leon Uris
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. - Benjamin Franklin
To me, it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy. - Goldie Hawn
This is the real enemy, the invader from the East, the Druze, the ruffian, the oriental parasite; in a word: the Jew. - George Bernard Shaw
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. - Martin Luther King Jr.
When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. - George Bernard Shaw
Nothing is more precious for our people than peace, but it is not something that can be achieved if we simply crave and beg for it. - Kim Jong-Un
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden
Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace. - Roberto Bolaño
There is no sign saying 'good Muslim' or 'bad Muslim.' How many lives will be lost or destroyed trying to determine who is good or who is bad? - Pauline Hanson
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions. - Gerald Jampolsky
I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. - Will Smith
Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What humans can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. - Abraham Maslow
I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did. - Ellen G White
My father worked for the railroad, and whenever a train crashed, we would go as a family and steal food from the boxcars. One year we stole a case of butterscotch pudding that was for export to Israel. It took us years to get through. - Chuck Palahniuk
We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray. - George W. Bush
There is no more effective way to radicalize American Muslim youth than for political leaders to make public displays of prejudice against all Muslims. Suspicion will undermine their sense of identification with America and alienate some from both the culture and from politics. - Miroslav Volf
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours. - James E Faust